Dear AT&T, Walmart, Microsoft, Dell, T Mobile, Sprint, HP, United Airlines, Delta Airlines, Best Buy, and a myriad other* companies** people love to hate,
Thank you for doing what you do. People give you a bad time (myself included), often for valid reasons, and I’m sick of it. I’m tired of complaints.
So, thanks.
Regards, Ryan
* There are companies I believe should cease to exist, but this isn’t about them. This is about companies people hate when, in fact, their existence makes their lives better–not worse.
** AOL not included. I have my limits.
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I didn’t say there aren’t good reasons to dislike them. I know why people dislike certain companies because I hear their complaints. I also have complaints against some companies.
Fact remains, however, that these companies have made and probably continue to make our lives better. I know of no American company whose dominance in their market came because they made everyone really angry (government organizations don’t count since they exist by decree, but even then it was most likely done by vote). Market power exists because they did something right.
I’ll end reaffirming that I don’t think hated companies are perfect. They do things to make people hate them. But they also do a lot of things right. And for that I thank them.